Swiss tourist gang-raped in India
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March 17, 2013, Sunday
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A SWISS woman on a cycling trip in central India with her husband was gang-raped by eight men, police said yesterday. The attack comes three months after the fatal gang-rape of a woman aboard a New Delhi bus outraged Indians.
Authorities detained and questioned 13 men in connection with the latest attack, which occurred Friday night as the couple camped out in a forest in Madhya Pradesh state after cycling from the temple town of Orchha, local police officer RK Gurjar said.
The men beat the couple and gang-raped the woman, he said. They also stole the couple's mobile phone, a laptop computer and 10,000 rupees (US$185).
The woman, 39, was treated at a hospital in the nearby city of Gwalior, Gurjar said, adding that she and her husband apparently suffered no major injuries.
A photograph showed the woman - her identity concealed with a hood - being escorted by police to the hospital.
Police detained 13 men and questioned them, Gurjar said. Six were released after questioning.
No other details were immediately available.
Indian television stations showed scores of police searching the forest where the attack occurred.
Swiss Foreign Ministry spokesman Tilman Renz described the case as "deeply disturbing" and said Swiss diplomats were assisting the couple.
Renz added that the Indian authorities were being urged "to do everything to quickly find the perpetrators so that they can be held accountable."
Last month, the Swiss government issued a travel notice for India warning about "increasing numbers of rapes and other sexual offenses" there.
India has seen outrage and widespread protests against attacks on women since December's fatal gang-rape of a young woman on a moving bus in New Delhi, the capital.
One of six suspects was found dead in a New Delhi jail last week. Authorities said he hanged himself, but his family say foul play was involved. A magistrate is investigating. Four other men and a juvenile remain on trial for the attack.
Authorities detained and questioned 13 men in connection with the latest attack, which occurred Friday night as the couple camped out in a forest in Madhya Pradesh state after cycling from the temple town of Orchha, local police officer RK Gurjar said.
The men beat the couple and gang-raped the woman, he said. They also stole the couple's mobile phone, a laptop computer and 10,000 rupees (US$185).
The woman, 39, was treated at a hospital in the nearby city of Gwalior, Gurjar said, adding that she and her husband apparently suffered no major injuries.
A photograph showed the woman - her identity concealed with a hood - being escorted by police to the hospital.
Police detained 13 men and questioned them, Gurjar said. Six were released after questioning.
No other details were immediately available.
Indian television stations showed scores of police searching the forest where the attack occurred.
Swiss Foreign Ministry spokesman Tilman Renz described the case as "deeply disturbing" and said Swiss diplomats were assisting the couple.
Renz added that the Indian authorities were being urged "to do everything to quickly find the perpetrators so that they can be held accountable."
Last month, the Swiss government issued a travel notice for India warning about "increasing numbers of rapes and other sexual offenses" there.
India has seen outrage and widespread protests against attacks on women since December's fatal gang-rape of a young woman on a moving bus in New Delhi, the capital.
One of six suspects was found dead in a New Delhi jail last week. Authorities said he hanged himself, but his family say foul play was involved. A magistrate is investigating. Four other men and a juvenile remain on trial for the attack.
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